At approximately 1:30 p.m., Oct. 22, 2025, members of the South Group Automatic Aid group were dispatched to Sunset Drive, in Oakdale Subdivision, for a motor vehicle collision with entrapment.
According to information provided by the volunteer fire departments. volunteers arrived to find an older van with a lone occupant entrapped in the driver’s seat.
According to a report from Tennessee Highway Patrol, 51-year-old Grundy Young was traveling west on Sunset Drive, in Sparta, driving a 1984 Ford 15V, and left the roadway at the address of 384 Sunset Drive. He then reportedly struck a mailbox and continued down the ditch line. The van then crossed the roadway going down the driveway of 567 Sunset Drive, traveled around the back of the resident, and struck the concrete dividing wall where the van came to a final rest.
Volunteers from Central View Volunteer Fire Department-Mt. Gilead/Quebeck/Walling, Hickory Valley Volunteer Fire Department, Doyle Volunteer Fire Department, and Sparta-White County Rescue Squad worked to free the driver and turned over care to paramedics of White County Emergency Medical Service.
The report from THP states that Young was injured and was wearing a seatbelt. The report also states that charges are pending.
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